Improvement in suspenders



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The` ScheduIelrefen-ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all vwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBENEZER JENNINGs, Jr., of the city of New York,in the` county of New York, and lState of New York, have invented a new and use# ful Improvement in Shoulder-Brace Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

`My improvement `relates to a shoulder-brace suspender,ofthe class described in Letters Patent issued to me,bearing date the 6th day of October, 1868; and

It assists in attaching shoulder-straps' together by means of metallic links, each provided' with a segmental bar, to which the button-hole straps are at tached by'a sliding connection, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings- 1 AA are the shoulder-straps;

a a', slides, or buckles, for adjusting their length; and 4 l o b, a slide, for adjusting the point of crossing on the back. y

O and O are the metal links,by means of which the ends of the shoulder-straps areconnectedtogether.

' These links are cutffrom sheet-metal, substantially in the'form shown in the drawing, so that the lower side of each will consist of `a segmental bar, o o', to which the button-hole straps B B are attached.

. 'lhese button-hole straps each pass through an eye, d, in the base of a' hook, d, and these hooks link over `the segmental bars c c', and slide freely thereon.

As the limbs and muscles of the body change their positions in stooping, turning, moving`the arms, dto.,

the hooks will slide on said segmental bars, so as to i -cause the suspender, or brace to adjust itself to such change in the positions of the limbsy and muscles.

Instead of connecting the button-hole straps to the K links C C by means of hooks, as above described, the hooks may be dispensed with, and the button-hole straps looped directly over the segmental bars but I prefer to use the hooks, not only because they will slide more freely ou the bars, but on account of the great convenience they afford for attaching and detaching the shoulder-straps to and from the pants, without buttoning or unbuttoning the button-hole straps.

By means of this improvement, I am enabled to produce not only a more comfortable shoulderbrace suspender than any of similar construction of which I have anylknowledge, but also to produce it ata cheaper rate.

i What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

i l. The combination of the shoulder-straps AA, connecting-linksG C', and button-hole straps B B',

all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as shown'and described. o

2. Also, in combination with the shoulder-straps, connecting-links, and but-ton-holestraps, constructed as described, the hook d', to connect the button-hole .straps with the connecting-links, as shownV and described.

j Y Y E.' JENNIN GS, JR. Witnesses:

Jos. L. CooMBs,

J. J. OooMBs. 

